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Bam Margera regrets pointing gun to puppy’s head and posting photo to Twitter

The “Jackass” gang has attempted plenty of dangerous and stupid
stunts over the years. (That’s how they make a living, after all.) They’ve
launched themselves into the air via rocket, shot themselves, and shocked
themselves. They’ve shoved toy cars up their rectums, and dangled a guy over
the ocean with a fish hook through the cheek. Ringleader Johnny Knoxville has
even admitted that, after breaking his penis during a motorcycle stunt, he must
now use a catheter twice a day for the rest of his life. The majority of the
public couldn’t care less if these grown men want to literally beat
themselves up until they need to rely on medical devices to complete basic
bodily functions. By all means, carry on, fellas … But involve a puppy in
one of your shenanigans and there’s going to be hell pay.

On Tuesday, castmember Brandon “Bam” Margera said he regrets a
not-so-funny stunt he pulled on Twitter recently. Many were up in
arms after Margera posted a photo to Twitter of himself pointing a gun to the
head of a tiny pit bull puppy while holding a sign that said “If she poops one
more time she goes bye byes.” Accompanying text explained that the pup had
defecated in Margera’s bed.

While the dog was unharmed and the gun was fake, the bigger issue
seemed to be the example he was setting for others in a world that already sees
too many incidents of animal abuse, including some especially horrific ones
that made headlines recently near Margera’s home in Chester County,
Pennsylvania.

In an interview with the Philadelphia Inquirer, Margera
said he should have made it clear the gun was fake and that he is as horrified
by animal abuse as the average person.

"I think those people need to go down," the 33-year-old,
who also owns six cats, told the paper of the abusers. "Just hurting
another animal is rude, crude, and more."

Margera later spoke to E! News, explaining that had he known about
the local incidents of animal torture, he never would have posted the pic. "That
is terrible, and I didn't know that. If I did, I never would have posted
it," he added, saying he likes "jokes and shock value. It was bad
timing on me."

Margera’s publicist did not respond to omg!’s request for comment.

The dog, named Penny, will be temporarily staying with a friend of
Margera’s while he is traveling for the next 10 days. Let’s hope the house is
free of both fake and real weapons and that the dogsitter stays off Twitter.